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Is New York Getting the Short End of Albany’s Stick?

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Aaron Rutkoff

Dec 12, 2011 6:26 pm ET

There’s a pattern to some of Albany’s recent big-money moves, and it’s not particularly positive for New York City.

In fact, one could argue that the city is getting a less-than-fair shake from the state — in some cases paying more and in other cases potentially receiving less. Here are four examples from the past week in which the Big Apple appears to have gotten shortchanged.

1) MTA Payroll Tax Falls

On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo went to Long Island to sign legislation slashing a payroll tax that funds the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, highlighting the move in a statement put out by his office as “relief for more than 290,000 small businesses and more than 410,000 self-employed New Yorkers.”